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SLR · 09-03-2018, 10:39 AM

Buying whole leaf tobacco and shredding it yourself can be a big cost savings. Here’s a good vid on whole leaf tobacco shredding using a manual table top shredder.

The one thing I would do different then what they do in these vids is spray the tobacco leaves with a fine mist of distilled water before shredding. The leaves are usually shipped dry. Shredding it while the leaves are too dry might result in choppy dusty cut leaf rather then uniform shag or ribbon.

Short vid...

https://youtu.be/TkE31o8QO80

Long vid...

https://youtu.be/yFzR4d67RGo

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jefslat · 03-13-2019, 10:56 AM

I have a cheap shredder I bought at a head shop. Works great. I shred Leaf by Oscar wrappers mostly.

KatDad · 03-18-2019, 01:24 AM

Interesting.

SLR · 03-18-2019, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefslat

I have a cheap shredder I bought at a head shop. Works great. I shred Leaf by Oscar wrappers mostly.

Jeff, are you using any topping to treat the whole leaf tobacco before shredding? I hear some people use distilled water mixed with 30% of Everclear alcohol to spray on the leaf to soften the leaf, and the mixture is an antibacterial agent. Some people just use a mist of distilled water on the leaf before shredding. Just curious if you do this.

jefslat · 03-23-2019, 12:11 PM

I keep the leaves in the humidor until I have seveal and then shred them. Almost no dust in the screen at the bottom.

09-03-2018, 10:39 AM	#1
SLR Charter Member Moderator Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: OC/LA Area, CA USA Posts: 15,521	Whole leaf tobacco shredders Buying whole leaf tobacco and shredding it yourself can be a big cost savings. Here’s a good vid on whole leaf tobacco shredding using a manual table top shredder. The one thing I would do different then what they do in these vids is spray the tobacco leaves with a fine mist of distilled water before shredding. The leaves are usually shipped dry. Shredding it while the leaves are too dry might result in choppy dusty cut leaf rather then uniform shag or ribbon. Short vid... https://youtu.be/TkE31o8QO80 Long vid... https://youtu.be/yFzR4d67RGo Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Isaiah 53 LGBFJB BE AWAKE, NOT WOKE

03-13-2019, 10:56 AM	#2
jefslat CW WarCraft God CW Special Correspondent Editor at Large Predominant CW Ambassador Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio de Bexar Posts: 38,917	I have a cheap shredder I bought at a head shop. Works great. I shred Leaf by Oscar wrappers mostly. __________________ El Gringo permanence... El perro, el perro, es mi corazon. El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno. El Jefe es cantante, El Jefe es muy famoso El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo. El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo What Would TOJE Do? Þ £

03-18-2019, 01:24 AM	#3
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,266	Interesting. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

03-23-2019, 12:11 PM	#5
jefslat CW WarCraft God CW Special Correspondent Editor at Large Predominant CW Ambassador Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio de Bexar Posts: 38,917	I keep the leaves in the humidor until I have seveal and then shred them. Almost no dust in the screen at the bottom. __________________ El Gringo permanence... El perro, el perro, es mi corazon. El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno. El Jefe es cantante, El Jefe es muy famoso El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo. El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo What Would TOJE Do? Þ £

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